Pontoppidan Church 
​47°15'57.8"N 96°45'52.4"W
Hendrum Township, Norman County, Minnesota 56550

THE CHURCH CLOSED IN 1963
In 1968 the church was moved to The Prairie Village in Ada Minnesota.

​Pontoppidan Church
Hendrum, Minnesota
 
The Pontoppidan Congregation was organized November 25, 1878. Meetings were held in different homes until completion of the church, which was 1891.
 
Rev. Scheie was the first pastor of this organization serving from 1878 until 1880. The basement was built was built in 1933. Paid for by the ladies Aid. The entire church was remolded in 1955.
 
The following Pastors served:
Rev. A. A. Scheie                        1878-1881
Rev. O. A. Th. Solem                  1881-1900
Rev. Nils Lunde                          1901-1906
Rev. J. L. Redal                           1906-1913
Rev. T. A. Hagen                         1913-1921
Rev. J. J. Jacobson                       1921-1954
Rev. Herbert Peterson               1954
 
Info from – back of the Pontoppidan Church plate

The seconded Norwegian Lutheran church, Pontoppidan Norwegian Lutheran, of Hendrum township, is located in section 27. It was organized about 1876 or 1877 by Rev. A. Scheir. Among the early members were Ole Tommerdahl, Arnt Rosvold, Engebret Ellingson, Abraham Nelson, Ole O. Jacobson, Ole T. Nelson, Carl J. Stordahl, Johannes Stordahl, Peter Stordahl, Conrad Stordahl, Carl K. Selnes, Lars L. Jacobson, Tobias Nelson, Hans Ellingson and Iver O. Semlinge.
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This church as been one of the largest and most active churches of this denomination in the county. Their first services were held in the homes of the members and it was not until several years after the congregation was established that they had a building. The present building, a frame structure, is one of the largest in the county. There is a cemetery adjoining the church which has been beautified with handsome trees and shrubbery.

Info from - Norman County Minnesota Church Histories